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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Kunihiko Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhisa Edahiro, Osaka, JP;
Teruyuki Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiko Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhisa Edahiro, Osaka, JP;
Teruyuki Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device is disclosed that includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller that is in pressure contact with the fixing roller, a plurality of belt support rollers that are mutually spaced apart from each other, and an endless belt that is wrapped around the belt support rollers. A portion of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt is in pressure contact with a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the fixing roller, and the endless belt is heated by at least one heat generating element arranged in at least one of the belt support rollers. The fixing roller is rotatively driven by the electric motor M.